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world war ii maybe tens of thousands because roosevelt did do things. he eased the peace the restriction blocking the refugees from coming and second allow those on the temporary be set tuesday so his executive action save the lives of over 100,000 jews. >> what is the reputation? >> it has fallen into to extremes one is the abandonment of the jews or worse on the other hand, fdr was the great savior but both of those are wrong he was far from perfect but was far better with the political opposition our work shows that fdr was not monolithic as the extreme works would have us believe but to identify for separate roosevelts the first was concerned with reelection to do little or nothing to the jews just like african-american he did not one new deal programs but after the reelection roosevelt did the lot and use to be some restrictions to organize a major conference but it was his initiative to organize a major conference on the resettlement of jews around the world he chose to let american attention -- countries and he has been excoriated from turning do
world war ii maybe tens of thousands because roosevelt did do things. he eased the peace the restriction blocking the refugees from coming and second allow those on the temporary be set tuesday so his executive action save the lives of over 100,000 jews. >> what is the reputation? >> it has fallen into to extremes one is the abandonment of the jews or worse on the other hand, fdr was the great savior but both of those are wrong he was far from perfect but was far better with the...
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let's start with sara delano roosevelt. >> a dominant woman, sara delano roosevelt. and in that picture, you can see that she's with her daughter-in-law elnor and with franklin. they were on their way to vote. now, they all looked smiley, but the tensions between sara and her daughter-in-law were there from the beginning, and they never were resolved. that was the most prickly relationship between mother and daughter-in-law. but she was such a dominant woman. put her whole life into her son franklin. did not expect him or even particularly want him to go into politics as an arith contract i can hudson river grand dame. she rather thought politics was beneath the delanos and the roosevelts. but once he got into it, she wanted him to win and actually participated in his campaign in a minor way, which that was the first person who ever did, a first mother who ever did, yes. >> why didn't the eleanor-sara relationship work? >> sara could not give up her dominance, and eleanor came into the relationship feeling quite inferior. she had a terrible childhood, terrible. and s
let's start with sara delano roosevelt. >> a dominant woman, sara delano roosevelt. and in that picture, you can see that she's with her daughter-in-law elnor and with franklin. they were on their way to vote. now, they all looked smiley, but the tensions between sara and her daughter-in-law were there from the beginning, and they never were resolved. that was the most prickly relationship between mother and daughter-in-law. but she was such a dominant woman. put her whole life into her...
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roosevelt had been told churchill was a chart, a charge one or two of his critics repeated. churchill did consume more alcohol than we are used today, but not a great deal of the standards of his contemporary and did not affect him or his work. >> and now, logan beirne examines george washington thoughts on politics and government during wartime. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening. i am the director of the yale law library and i'm here to welcome you to the booktalk series. i also want to thank the federalist society are cosponsoring tonight's talk. tonight's program features logan beirne, the author of a new book entitled "blood of tyrants: george washington and the forging of the presidency." very much a yellow school boat. it began as a paper while logan was a law student at the under the supervision of eskridge. after graduation from law school in 2008, working at the law firm, he returned to yellow school in 2010 and begin turning the paper into the book we feature tonight. appropriately we have professor eskridge to comment on the boat. he's a highly distin
roosevelt had been told churchill was a chart, a charge one or two of his critics repeated. churchill did consume more alcohol than we are used today, but not a great deal of the standards of his contemporary and did not affect him or his work. >> and now, logan beirne examines george washington thoughts on politics and government during wartime. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening. i am the director of the yale law library and i'm here to welcome you to the booktalk...
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we actually identified for separate roosevelt's, the first roosevelt of his first term was concerned with reelection, fighting the depression, getting the new deal in, did little or nothing for the jews. .. >> 937 passengers aboard the u.s. st. louis in june of 1939 were denied entry to cuba, yet it was roosevelt's initiatives that had allowed 5-6,000 jews to reach cuba before they had changed policies with respect to st. wo withed with american jewish relief organizations to find safe havens in western europe for all passengers. this was before the holocaust and before the war. and everyone thought settling them in britain, france, belgium and the netherlands was safe. so the whole story has been badly distorted. he also. >> top priority which was to prepare the nation for a possible war and immediately sherman tanks to the british to keep the -- there would have been no israel, no jewish state without that. then you have the fourth roosevelt,he naloosevelt who sets up in 1934, a war refugee. personally tries to use diplomacy to get a jewish state in palestine. not perfect, but not
we actually identified for separate roosevelt's, the first roosevelt of his first term was concerned with reelection, fighting the depression, getting the new deal in, did little or nothing for the jews. .. >> 937 passengers aboard the u.s. st. louis in june of 1939 were denied entry to cuba, yet it was roosevelt's initiatives that had allowed 5-6,000 jews to reach cuba before they had changed policies with respect to st. wo withed with american jewish relief organizations to find safe...
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roosevelt. i know that my mother and father almost as sad shiver which he was commemorating the dead by 77 days. he had an influence over the jewish people that to this day has never been corrected frankly. the argument about mr. roosevelt, the many authors that have been written about him is that it's true he didn't do much to save the jews. but he did more than anybody else. and that's ridiculous because everybody else did zero. he did very little aside from the st. louis which was incidentally the captain of that ship. once these people were not -- people could see the lights shining in miami and the brother you refuse to let them in. there quewas noion about it. these people were turned around and sent to belgium finally after he couldn't do any more. they were sent to belgium and portugal and other countries. most of them ended up in concentration camps a lot of them 250 out of the almost 1000 were admitted to england which did save them, many of them. mr. truman. mr. truman 100% correct sh
roosevelt. i know that my mother and father almost as sad shiver which he was commemorating the dead by 77 days. he had an influence over the jewish people that to this day has never been corrected frankly. the argument about mr. roosevelt, the many authors that have been written about him is that it's true he didn't do much to save the jews. but he did more than anybody else. and that's ridiculous because everybody else did zero. he did very little aside from the st. louis which was...
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roosevelt did very, very little, aside from the st. louis, which was, incidentally the captain of that ship was german, not a jew but german. he spent many days trying, once these people were not allowed to land in cuba, he went to the coast, right off the coast of miami where people could still see the lights shine in miami. d tt his government refused to let the thing. and today, everybody knew what was going on in the european theater. there's no question about it. these people were turned around and sent to belgium, finally after this german captain couldn't do it anymore. iverson to belgium, to portugal, to other countries which within a few months where they were overrun by the germans ended up, most of them, in concentration camps. a lot of them, over 250 out of almost the 1000 were admitted to england, which did save him, many of them. now, as far as the other guy that i remember very clearly, because i was in the army at the time, even under roosevelt, was mr. truman. now, mr. truman, you are 100% correct about bess. she was a
roosevelt did very, very little, aside from the st. louis, which was, incidentally the captain of that ship was german, not a jew but german. he spent many days trying, once these people were not allowed to land in cuba, he went to the coast, right off the coast of miami where people could still see the lights shine in miami. d tt his government refused to let the thing. and today, everybody knew what was going on in the european theater. there's no question about it. these people were turned...
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during the great depression franklin roosevelt was having affairs he had to. his personal aide and secretary ann cook the dresser and un dresser. [laughter] what about fdr and what if we threw him out of office as the economy was recovering? all the way back the very young george washington was writing romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. sally fairfax, very attractive, older, sophistic ated neighbor. one of washington's letters had become public during the french and indian war? much as the the e-mail's? what about george washington? bill clinton is not the first or the worst ben there done that. there is a long history but it angers me to say even abraham lincoln visited a prostitute. i know. say it isn't so but it happened. the details are sketchy not a lot of letters written about this but his best friend was as dashing and handsome and lucky with the lead is -- lucky says abraham lincoln was on mckee and romance. he felt sorry for lincoln and invited him to work at his general store and a speed did not have a place to stay so he let hi
during the great depression franklin roosevelt was having affairs he had to. his personal aide and secretary ann cook the dresser and un dresser. [laughter] what about fdr and what if we threw him out of office as the economy was recovering? all the way back the very young george washington was writing romantic letters to a woman who was not mrs. washington. sally fairfax, very attractive, older, sophistic ated neighbor. one of washington's letters had become public during the french and indian...
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roosevelt had worked for -- and nast knew him. so he called the roosevelt administration metaphorically speaking looking for some diplomatic signature that would help him pay his house elves and give him an honor and -- honorable retirement. he got an appointment in july of 1902 only to contract yellow fever and be dead by december. so it did not in the end work out the way he had hoped. when it comes to the nast's legacy something we like to talk about a lot he's famous for three things. primarily first for the popularization of the elephant and the donkey assembles at the democratic and republican party. he did not originate the use of the donkey. that predated him by decades because of his association with another word that i won't say but i'm sure you know. he didn't go link the elephant to the republican party and that connection he exploited quite frequently as part of the larger symbolic world that he filled with lions and lambs in dogs and people as animals and animals as people, whatever animals he used at the moment were
roosevelt had worked for -- and nast knew him. so he called the roosevelt administration metaphorically speaking looking for some diplomatic signature that would help him pay his house elves and give him an honor and -- honorable retirement. he got an appointment in july of 1902 only to contract yellow fever and be dead by december. so it did not in the end work out the way he had hoped. when it comes to the nast's legacy something we like to talk about a lot he's famous for three things....
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roosevelt took a train to the waldorf and wind up in a private elevator into the hotel. so it's not entirely clear whether that baggage car actually was used for his vehicle. but one of the things in researching the book i discovered that just amazed me is whenever the president of the united states is in town now and staying at the waldorf, there is a fully manned train running under the waldorf astoria on that side waiting to whisk in out of town in case he requires an emergency means of egress in case there's some biological attack on the street or an incredible traffic accident or congestion. there is a train waiting on duty manned 24 hours a day when the president is in town to taking out. >> i also want answered the lady's question on where was the grand central theater. if you go into grand central terminal and you see there's a wine store their, a liquor store, that's where grand central theater used to be. if you look up on the ceiling there's spee space you can see a bureau there, that's right. >> jacqueline kennedy is known for marshaling -- that saved the sta
roosevelt took a train to the waldorf and wind up in a private elevator into the hotel. so it's not entirely clear whether that baggage car actually was used for his vehicle. but one of the things in researching the book i discovered that just amazed me is whenever the president of the united states is in town now and staying at the waldorf, there is a fully manned train running under the waldorf astoria on that side waiting to whisk in out of town in case he requires an emergency means of...
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>> a little known episode from the second world war when the roosevelt and administration was worried in the german democratic populations there is about 1.5 million would rise up and take over the country but this was the concern widely shared in the security establishment of the joint army and navy planning board about the possibility the itelligence agencies were concerned the began a program that was lost to history and tell i recovered it under which the fbi was dispatched to look for the saboteurs and that america and the problem is the people generally did not speak german or spanish or they didn't know about the country's so you get your expense account and offering good chief of police and that opened the system riddled with corruption where latin american dictators quickly realized this german who owns a farm this german who owns a farm take him away and then i can take his land and we brought 4,000 people of german origin and put them in a camp in texas but what i discovered is pretty soon mp commanders said who are you sending us? there spanish speakers, old men 80 jews wh
>> a little known episode from the second world war when the roosevelt and administration was worried in the german democratic populations there is about 1.5 million would rise up and take over the country but this was the concern widely shared in the security establishment of the joint army and navy planning board about the possibility the itelligence agencies were concerned the began a program that was lost to history and tell i recovered it under which the fbi was dispatched to look...
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i wrote a book before this on franklin roosevelt called a traitor to his cause. and it has a lot to do with the new deal. one of the things that i take great care to avoid saying in the book is whether the new deal was a good deal of bad deal. and this is because, well, commercially speaking. secondly because i really want readers to make their own judgment. i hope that people who like rant and a grant could read my book with equal benefit. here's the story. make of it what you will. anyway, that is where i am. >> that is a hard act to follow. you want to take care of the question? >> is a great question. you know, not to take exception to my colleagues in the standing of what argument the relationship between narrative is to my feel like you can't really make narrative unless you have an argument to go along with it. in other words, not believe there is such a thing that a narrative that is free from argument. and in the case of my book which covers the u.s.-mexico war, war that grant himself described as the most wicked ever fought, i really set out in this boo
i wrote a book before this on franklin roosevelt called a traitor to his cause. and it has a lot to do with the new deal. one of the things that i take great care to avoid saying in the book is whether the new deal was a good deal of bad deal. and this is because, well, commercially speaking. secondly because i really want readers to make their own judgment. i hope that people who like rant and a grant could read my book with equal benefit. here's the story. make of it what you will. anyway,...
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biggio club, graybar building, the roosevelt hotel. given particulaparticula rly what's going on on the west side with the project. there's a lot of new space coming on line. >> the reason for this book became about 20 was on this reservation in the conference and there were 20 of us from arizona state university and demonstrators. one side of the wall was looking out and really looking out and zoning out to cause it was a long meeting and what i saw was an armored car leaving the reservation and you can imagine that it was coming from the tribal casinos going to a bank. i thought how ironic as i sat there and began to ponder that, you can imagine 100 years ago, 100 years maybe a little more in the late 18 hundreds when the indians in and the population had dropped below 238,000. it was the thought that indian reservations were going to vanish. so it was the wagons that brought food and supplies onto the reservation and 100 years ago brought food and supplies to this reservation right here in 100 years later in 2013 you see now armored
biggio club, graybar building, the roosevelt hotel. given particulaparticula rly what's going on on the west side with the project. there's a lot of new space coming on line. >> the reason for this book became about 20 was on this reservation in the conference and there were 20 of us from arizona state university and demonstrators. one side of the wall was looking out and really looking out and zoning out to cause it was a long meeting and what i saw was an armored car leaving the...
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that would shock franklin roosevelt. it would violent roosevelt's notion of the legal, moral and political right to collect pensions based on what you pay into the pension fund. now i think francis perkins would take a broader view of this whole subject and while looking at social security retirement benefits, she would notice today that we have many other ways, the federal government, subsidizes retirement in this country that did not used to exist, including very big tax breaks that the rich get and others get for self-funding their own personal retirement funds. i.r.a.s, keo plans, all these sorts of things. and i think what francis perkins could have to say about the current debate is more complex and more comprehensive than what anyone else is currently saying about social security. and to lay that out, i think it's going to take a lot more time than what i have here tonight. and so i will do that. in our next chapter of francis perkins, the american hero. we're in san francisco. google's backyard for the bing it on
that would shock franklin roosevelt. it would violent roosevelt's notion of the legal, moral and political right to collect pensions based on what you pay into the pension fund. now i think francis perkins would take a broader view of this whole subject and while looking at social security retirement benefits, she would notice today that we have many other ways, the federal government, subsidizes retirement in this country that did not used to exist, including very big tax breaks that the rich...
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and i also want to just take the opportunity to welcome you here to roosevelt house. i also want to just thank a couple people very quickly. one, obviously, the hunter president, jennifer, who's been an extraordinary support of the fellowship and the program here at roosevelt house. dr. rob couldn't be with us tonight but i just with, again, want to thank her very much for her hard work and support. and also both laura tish who funds the fellowshipping program here. it's an important addition to the new york community. this house has served as a wonderful place for intellectual discussion, debate around a whole range of social policy issues, and we're really excited you could be here with us tonight for that. you heard a lot about this house, and i just gotta tell you that, you know, when you're at home and i consider this home and you get up at 3:00 in the morning and you walk down to the third floor -- i'm sorry, the second floor, and you sit there at, you know, three in the morning and you realize this is the place where fdr conceived the social safety net and you'
and i also want to just take the opportunity to welcome you here to roosevelt house. i also want to just thank a couple people very quickly. one, obviously, the hunter president, jennifer, who's been an extraordinary support of the fellowship and the program here at roosevelt house. dr. rob couldn't be with us tonight but i just with, again, want to thank her very much for her hard work and support. and also both laura tish who funds the fellowshipping program here. it's an important addition...
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like a slave, hastert dated deep and fast, so much so roosevelt would say later that takashi had given the administration. i'm on our predecessor, there was someone who wish to further his first steps. now back to the real china says. it started -- then head of the doj, bank of japan maa shared a joint statement for the first time in japan's monetary history this year. in that joint statement, the doj introduce and recorded to price stability target. the government place to run the kind of macroeconomics and fiscal policies flexible and responsive. now the government establish old fiscal. what we did thereafter -- joint statement. anyhow, the first bazookas as monetary policy. i will not say more about it. you may just want to open your newspaper or magazine. they are now telling a lot about the economics. the new governor of the bank of japan. we allow glad, first of all is good communicator and is well-connected in respect name of the central banking community. let me tell you more about the second bazooka, the fiscal policy. please note it disappointed we're not making a big governm
like a slave, hastert dated deep and fast, so much so roosevelt would say later that takashi had given the administration. i'm on our predecessor, there was someone who wish to further his first steps. now back to the real china says. it started -- then head of the doj, bank of japan maa shared a joint statement for the first time in japan's monetary history this year. in that joint statement, the doj introduce and recorded to price stability target. the government place to run the kind of...
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. >> he wrote a letter to roosevelt and said that uranium is susceptible to the atomic power in so many words. th could be done by others. that was suggested in a letter, correct? and that led@rooselt to form a@committee. that committee would then assemble in the manhattan project. now as i read einstein, he's very careful to say i didn't do any of at. he didn't. he wasn't involved in the project directly but he planted the seeds in roosevelt to get with it and get on with atom power for military use because others were gonna do it. >> he was afraid -- >> isn't that true? >> yes. >> he was afraid the germans might be able to develop a weon, but i don't think he knew exactly what kind of a@ >> one thing he did not understand and he says that. he did not understand the chain reaction. chain reaction was brought into being bythe four scientists who werewho? >> talking abt oppenheimer, salard. this was then transferred to los alamos. >> the original four were fermie, text ellah and they form roosevelt's committee. then they participated with oppenheimer, did the9 not on the manhattan projec
. >> he wrote a letter to roosevelt and said that uranium is susceptible to the atomic power in so many words. th could be done by others. that was suggested in a letter, correct? and that led@rooselt to form a@committee. that committee would then assemble in the manhattan project. now as i read einstein, he's very careful to say i didn't do any of at. he didn't. he wasn't involved in the project directly but he planted the seeds in roosevelt to get with it and get on with atom power for...
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truman and his successors could ignore president roosevelts pledges in 1945 without fear of losing the considerable strategic and economic advantages provide evidence by the american-saudi relationship. saudi's dissatisfaction over the truman administration's hostile policy over palestine was so muted that secretary of state george marshal in 1948 wrote to thank the saudi king for his, quote, conciliatory manner regarding palestine. it is clear that ties with washington are far more important to most arab countries then they're proclaimed attachment to the palestine cause, and i think it has to be understood that given this reality, given this unwillingness of most arab governments to push on this issue, the united states' alliances with israel and arab countries like saudi arabia or egypt, are not contradictory in any way. they can be seen as complimentary. this is thanks to the extraordinary come comeplace sense of a ran countries towards the united states' unflagging support of israel. the united states has always been able to align itself firmly with basic israeli -- what sustains
truman and his successors could ignore president roosevelts pledges in 1945 without fear of losing the considerable strategic and economic advantages provide evidence by the american-saudi relationship. saudi's dissatisfaction over the truman administration's hostile policy over palestine was so muted that secretary of state george marshal in 1948 wrote to thank the saudi king for his, quote, conciliatory manner regarding palestine. it is clear that ties with washington are far more important...
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for example, president roosevelt wrote a letter in which he promised that united states would do nothing that would harm arab interests in palestine and consult with the arabs before they did anything. united states betried the promises systematically in the decades ever since, and this is no significant reaction from saudi arabia or other arab countries. truman and the successors could ignore president roosevelt in 1945 without fear of losing the considerable strategic and economic advantages provided by the american relationship. this dissatisfaction over the truman administration's hose style policy was mutedtt secretary of state in 948wrote to thank the king for his, i quote, conciliatory manner regarding palestine. it is clear that ties with washington are far more important to arab countries than proclaimed attachment to the palestine cause. it has to be understood that given this reality, begin this unwillingness of most to push on this issue, the -- the united states alliance with israel and countries like saudi arabia or egypt are not contradictory in any way, but seen as compli
for example, president roosevelt wrote a letter in which he promised that united states would do nothing that would harm arab interests in palestine and consult with the arabs before they did anything. united states betried the promises systematically in the decades ever since, and this is no significant reaction from saudi arabia or other arab countries. truman and the successors could ignore president roosevelt in 1945 without fear of losing the considerable strategic and economic advantages...
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this is my home and since i live on roosevelt way i will inspire to quote from franklin roosevelt. be sincere and be combreetd. -- greeted. i want to thank you for your time and my neighbors for agreeing to meet with me during this past year and my 12-13 tenants who are with me in this support. i work in health care and owned and lived on our home for 13 years. it's a 2 unit building. we could not afford to buy another home. we need the space to accommodate our family. the project has taken a year to date and in that time one parent died in the hospital instead of hospice with me at home and we have another who is in assisted living which is very stressful and expensive. my goal is to provide you with helpful facts. can i have some technical help? thank you. so we are adding one bedroom with closet, we bathroom, one living room and home office area to the top of the home. having one bathroom for all of us is not sustain able and i'm doing my office work in the bedroom. as you can see the windows are elegant and we are keeping in line with the surrounding heights. we are a letters u
this is my home and since i live on roosevelt way i will inspire to quote from franklin roosevelt. be sincere and be combreetd. -- greeted. i want to thank you for your time and my neighbors for agreeing to meet with me during this past year and my 12-13 tenants who are with me in this support. i work in health care and owned and lived on our home for 13 years. it's a 2 unit building. we could not afford to buy another home. we need the space to accommodate our family. the project has taken a...
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. >> are we still learning things about past presidents like roosevelt and reagan that were not made of able to the public which gives you a sense of what this bush library winning 20, 30, 40 years down the road? >> the unfolding of that record adds to the understand how the administration, a president come a time in history. i'm a believer in archives of the raw materials history. as you study more you give our interpretations of it and more things open then you see all the levels of an event or an issue or development. so i'm a real believer in that. over time you get a much deeper and richer understanding of the presidency and individual president as well. >> what about the bushes themselves? are they part of this process? did they provide oral history's? >> they have been very much a process of building, putting the museum together. really great supporters off our staff here. we work closely with them, with the foundation, with her office staff members so they been very involved in that way, throughout the entire process. >> what is your biggest challenge is? >> there are a few c
. >> are we still learning things about past presidents like roosevelt and reagan that were not made of able to the public which gives you a sense of what this bush library winning 20, 30, 40 years down the road? >> the unfolding of that record adds to the understand how the administration, a president come a time in history. i'm a believer in archives of the raw materials history. as you study more you give our interpretations of it and more things open then you see all the levels...
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roosevelt we don't want any of the islands. i know, he doesn't want jay may quay or trinidad, and i know he doesn't want british. [laughter] in fact, the u.s. was more respondent usely generous during the second world war to china and the soviet union. than to britain. it seems remarble today. the mind set of the focused on britain as our main rival. this was all over three years later with the marshall plan in 1947. that's another story to be told in my next book. country of the reason the collapse in 1967 and '67 is rapid and violent as it was is because britain was rapidly running out of dollars. and the u.s. treasury was managing that process. if you look at the debate behind the scene and the british government early 1947 when burma, greece, palestinian were collapses violent i. it was about collars. we can't afford it anymore. we have to make the pound convertible july of 1947. only way we can make that commitment is if we start holding on to the dollars. we have to let the empire go. it was part of harry dexter white's a
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and this is a movement that einstein, eleanor roosevelt, henry wallace, a lot were involved in, and fromm is too. only unlike many of the others, fromm can shower out millions of dollars to support the one world movement. so this is fromm, these are, i think, his major contributions. and maybe you have 10 or 12 questions. [laughter] [applause] >> do we have, and if we don't have such intellectuals now -- but i'm not sure, maybe we do -- do we have that kind of respect for the intellectual now? we could send somebody to iran and talk to them about their nuclear policies and overcome these obstacles. or do we not have people like that anymore? >> is that supposed to be an easy question? [laughter] well, we run across the street an annual conference on elected officials to try to figure out what it is. you can, obviously, in this town and chomsky is obvious, robert lipton's obvious, but beyond that it's hard. there's a historian wrote a book called "the last intellectual," and the theme was that act deem was crushing it out, was preventing it, that academia is not a place for public intellec
and this is a movement that einstein, eleanor roosevelt, henry wallace, a lot were involved in, and fromm is too. only unlike many of the others, fromm can shower out millions of dollars to support the one world movement. so this is fromm, these are, i think, his major contributions. and maybe you have 10 or 12 questions. [laughter] [applause] >> do we have, and if we don't have such intellectuals now -- but i'm not sure, maybe we do -- do we have that kind of respect for the intellectual...
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going back to teddy roosevelt, richard nixon, who created the environmental protection agency, ronald reagan who got led out of the gasoline, george hw bush going after acid rain. republicans have a history of responsible stewardship of the environment. the hard right turned the party, pivoted away from its path and from conservative care. we make that point in the book. >> in the book, you talk about the house of representatives, focusing on republicans. look at democrats in regards to this. >> they tended to be from fossil fuel states, states reliant on the fuels of the past. we have to continue to invest as a country in renewable fuels and energy efficiency, solar, wind, and make that case while we continue to use a lot of coal in the country, a lot oil, and a lot of gas, we need to be moving closer, not overnight, but over time. >> president obama done enough in regards to environmental regulation and legislation? >> president obama has worked very hard to make progress, but we -- there's a lot more left to be done. a couple quick examples. president obama worked hard with the aut
going back to teddy roosevelt, richard nixon, who created the environmental protection agency, ronald reagan who got led out of the gasoline, george hw bush going after acid rain. republicans have a history of responsible stewardship of the environment. the hard right turned the party, pivoted away from its path and from conservative care. we make that point in the book. >> in the book, you talk about the house of representatives, focusing on republicans. look at democrats in regards to...
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. >> franklin roosevelt once described the dedication of a library as an act of faith. i dedicate this library with unshakable faith in the future of our country. it was the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the united states. whatever challenges come before us, i will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. [applause] >> sunday morning at 10:30. on c-span2's booktv this weekend, twice awarded the bronze star, donovan campbell on leading a platoon of marines in iraq. that's sunday night at 8. and on c-span3, mary todd lincoln. part of american history tv sunday at 4. >> when i started to write it, there was one thing i wanted to accomplish. when you write a memoir, and i've read many of them through my life, you sometimes come away asking your question, asking yourself a question: did i learn anything new about this public person? regrettably, often i have read books and memoirs or autobiographies and thought to myself i really didn't learn much that i didn't already know from the news. i didn't want to write that kind of
. >> franklin roosevelt once described the dedication of a library as an act of faith. i dedicate this library with unshakable faith in the future of our country. it was the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the united states. whatever challenges come before us, i will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. [applause] >> sunday morning at 10:30. on c-span2's booktv this weekend, twice awarded the bronze star, donovan campbell on...
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were republicans concerned with big government, especially the expansion of their government during roosevelt's new deal in the 1930s, and so they wanted to scale back government. they wanted what republicans always want, fewer taxes. but at the same time they were also interested in boosting the economy, making this, making the state of california a good place to bring business. so they were concerned with labor issues, especially the role with labor in the democratic party. and while they wanted small government and also wanted defense contracts. so they used republicans, such as former actor and dance man george murphy, who was at the tail end of his career, they use him as a lobbyist to talk to vice president richard nixon, who was vice president dwight d. eisenhower, to make sure the eisenhower administration would send them defense contracts. republicans were quite successful. if you look at the very end, that -- 1980 when they elect ronald reagan, in other words, one of the actors he was involved in this campaign to revitalize the republican party. but this ultimate success shouldn't do
were republicans concerned with big government, especially the expansion of their government during roosevelt's new deal in the 1930s, and so they wanted to scale back government. they wanted what republicans always want, fewer taxes. but at the same time they were also interested in boosting the economy, making this, making the state of california a good place to bring business. so they were concerned with labor issues, especially the role with labor in the democratic party. and while they...
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so much so, president roosevelt would say later, that takahashi had given him inspiration. it encouraged me to think that among our predecessor, there was someone who made it. we wish to follow his footsteps. now back the real genesis of our abenomics. started when mr. -- -- then head of the boj, bank of japan, and i issued a joint statement for the first time in japan monetary history, generally this year, so for joint statement with boj. in that joint statement the boj essentially introduced the inflation of 2000. he call it price stability target. on our part, the government pledged to run the kind of microeconomics, and fiscal policithat are responsive. it is also written that the government should encourage the competition and has japan's potential and establish sustainable fiscal structure. what we did thereafter, what we will do from now on, is all based on this joint statement. anyhow, the first bazooka is bold monetary policies. i will not say more about it. you may just want to open your newspaper or magazine. they are now telling a lot about so-called economics.
so much so, president roosevelt would say later, that takahashi had given him inspiration. it encouraged me to think that among our predecessor, there was someone who made it. we wish to follow his footsteps. now back the real genesis of our abenomics. started when mr. -- -- then head of the boj, bank of japan, and i issued a joint statement for the first time in japan monetary history, generally this year, so for joint statement with boj. in that joint statement the boj essentially introduced...
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president. 75 years ago president roosevelt signed the mayor labor standards act. this legislation proposed by senator hugo black in 1932 ultimately ensured that american workers would receive a minimum wage, reasonable work hours, and an end to child labor. president roosevelt led our country out of the worst economic climate we've ever faced leading us to decades of prosperity by ensuring that hard work in our nation is met with two fundamental american rights: fair wages, decent working conditions. the minimum wage lifted millions of americans from poverty and began the step towards joining the middle class. in the 21st century, a fair, livable minimum wage can continue moving our country forward. even as corporate executives and wall street banks earn record profits, too many families are struggling. americans who work harks play by the rules should be had ard to be -- should be able to take care of their families. but fume femm too many people ie state are working harder an ever and barely getting by. nearly 1.3 million ohioans in places like chillicothe and m
president. 75 years ago president roosevelt signed the mayor labor standards act. this legislation proposed by senator hugo black in 1932 ultimately ensured that american workers would receive a minimum wage, reasonable work hours, and an end to child labor. president roosevelt led our country out of the worst economic climate we've ever faced leading us to decades of prosperity by ensuring that hard work in our nation is met with two fundamental american rights: fair wages, decent working...
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as 80 miles out from new york on a line drawn in order to could hide park, the home of franklin roosevelt. but you notice another circle here 25 miles? they didn't want to be any closer. the conversation in the committee was three sentences. or not going any closer. new yorkers pushing hard for flushing the sake of the world fair in 1839. the toxic philadelphia is in the loop, right? romp. they were shot to discover and they were not on that and they resent they were not on it is they were considered to be too close to washington d.c. the diplomats did not want the united nations to be within the influential realm of the national capital. philadelphians never thought of themselves as being close to washington d.c. we still don't. they didn't take it very well when they got this news from the united nations. they says hello mom, we was robbed rabid harasser claudio figure philadelphia again been unfairly treated by so they thought by the united nations. all was not lost. the loco and explain this because as the diplomats looked for sites and they went to decipher the numbers are here, they
as 80 miles out from new york on a line drawn in order to could hide park, the home of franklin roosevelt. but you notice another circle here 25 miles? they didn't want to be any closer. the conversation in the committee was three sentences. or not going any closer. new yorkers pushing hard for flushing the sake of the world fair in 1839. the toxic philadelphia is in the loop, right? romp. they were shot to discover and they were not on that and they resent they were not on it is they were...
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roosevelt won overwhelming victories but the one thing he did is the african-american vote change in 1932, it increased in 1936, when truman endorses civil rights in 1948, the dixiecrat break off the boat becomes overwhelmingly african-american vote for truman. he also integrated the armed services. say get to the 1964 civil rights act and give 90% of the people of african-americans voting for lbj. the southern strategy by most reports is after that, not before that. so it is solidified but it didn't cause the change. people who write that are just factually wrong but they do itself a thing for partisan purposes because our republic is not allowed to go and be a part of the debate and talk about it. it had to do i think, everybody can have an opinion, had to do with a lot of things but i mean had to do with economic, the lack of economic emancipation among african-americans. they wanted more and they didn't feel like they're getting it from republicans. >> in terms of doing it again and doing it more? >> i plan on doing yes again, and more. i've done one already since then at simmons
roosevelt won overwhelming victories but the one thing he did is the african-american vote change in 1932, it increased in 1936, when truman endorses civil rights in 1948, the dixiecrat break off the boat becomes overwhelmingly african-american vote for truman. he also integrated the armed services. say get to the 1964 civil rights act and give 90% of the people of african-americans voting for lbj. the southern strategy by most reports is after that, not before that. so it is solidified but it...
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it was the auditorium that stance on south michigan avenue now the home of roosevelt univ. but you can go into the building and it is preserved during the 8093 columbia an expedition world fair. because of how technologically advanced the hotel was it sets the tone for what frederick did later in life in the same way the first job they have been given profession prepares you for what follows with the same trajectory. he began at a very high level. when he moved to new york he began to work for a prominent i intrapreneur tried his hand and real estate development and ax bonneville. it is interesting to think frederic would have gotten the first ideas being a businessman dealing with popular entertainment working for a man who was about to become the most famous in the new york area with five hill. this is also when frederick thomas decided to do something else that was completely extraordinary for a young black american at the time he had a passion which was singing and had a teacher of a german immigrant who encouraged him to go to europe to continue to do train because of
it was the auditorium that stance on south michigan avenue now the home of roosevelt univ. but you can go into the building and it is preserved during the 8093 columbia an expedition world fair. because of how technologically advanced the hotel was it sets the tone for what frederick did later in life in the same way the first job they have been given profession prepares you for what follows with the same trajectory. he began at a very high level. when he moved to new york he began to work for...
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theodore roosevelt became the us' 26th president in 1901. he traveled to yellowstone and grand canyon and hoped to preserve them. teddy roosevelt's conservation legacy became one of america's most important. [ken salazar] it's important for the people of this country to connect to the landscapes of america. wilderness does that because it shows us the grandeur of our planet, and it's important to preserve that not only because it's important for economic engines, but it's also important for the way that it refuels the american spirit. [narrator] this heritage was defined by the creation of national parks. conservationist and writer wallace stegner called the national parks, "americas best idea". wallace stegner wrote the wilderness letter in 1960. [sandra day o'connor] wallace stegner at the end of his life was disillusioned with how the west had allowed development to overtake its natural beauties and its natural bounty in favor of development. [narrator] wallace stegner described a concept called "the geography of hope". he believed wilder
theodore roosevelt became the us' 26th president in 1901. he traveled to yellowstone and grand canyon and hoped to preserve them. teddy roosevelt's conservation legacy became one of america's most important. [ken salazar] it's important for the people of this country to connect to the landscapes of america. wilderness does that because it shows us the grandeur of our planet, and it's important to preserve that not only because it's important for economic engines, but it's also important for the...
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it started with writers like jack london and william long that theodore roosevelt called major fakers. that put -- we go through how we began increasingly to get our views of nature digitally and on screens rather than hands-on a stewardship kind of things. and so we took ourselves out of the storage of business. we took our cells out of the prediction business. huge swaths of the white tailed year's historic range, which is that eastern one-third of the united states, it's off-limits to human predation, and there is all sorts of evidence not to suggest that the biggest predator of white tail deer since the end of the last ice age is not wolves and cougars but human beings. so -- and i had messages is wildlife do a study. two rules which we all think of much. you cannot discharge a firearm within 150 feet of a hard surface road in massachusetts or thin 500 feet of an occupied dwelling. massachusetts has a lot of rose and a lot of people. it is the fourth most dense -- per fourth most densely populated state in the country. those two laws alone, state laws, not including local ordinanc
it started with writers like jack london and william long that theodore roosevelt called major fakers. that put -- we go through how we began increasingly to get our views of nature digitally and on screens rather than hands-on a stewardship kind of things. and so we took ourselves out of the storage of business. we took our cells out of the prediction business. huge swaths of the white tailed year's historic range, which is that eastern one-third of the united states, it's off-limits to human...
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franklin roosevelt administration and the roll to law from the administration was called i think was that during truman or eisenhower did was that also f.d.r. did that i mean both cases basically the government came in and said private corporations you are not willing to run these long lines out into people's farms because it's not profitable so either we're going to run the more we're going to force you to run them and pay for them and i don't recall which it was can you tell us those stories and is that the model that you're suggesting for for broadband at the same thing happened in electricity so roosevelt had to f.d.r. had a great history in warm springs georgia and knew that not having electricity there was causing it that the quality of life to be a lot lower and so he made sure the. cooperatives across the cultural regions of the united states were supported subsidized benefited and forced equal level of electrification across the country that's what needs to happen now with high speed internet access is exactly the same story and back then municipalities when they wanted to d
franklin roosevelt administration and the roll to law from the administration was called i think was that during truman or eisenhower did was that also f.d.r. did that i mean both cases basically the government came in and said private corporations you are not willing to run these long lines out into people's farms because it's not profitable so either we're going to run the more we're going to force you to run them and pay for them and i don't recall which it was can you tell us those stories...
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if we'd taken roosevelt... we'd be stuck on roosevelt. admit you made a mistake. that i . call the auto club i'm making a dash for it. you'll make better time if you take the shortcut by the side of the fountain. is it well, same to you! daphne: i suppose i just fall in love too fast. the minute i feelat spark i just give my heart away. daphne, you must stop being so hard on yourself. what you see as a fault th is also your greatest gift-- to be so open and warm and loving. you're so kind dr. crane. i'm glended up like this tonight. so am i. it's just so nice to be with a man ad we you feel so comfortable with. i feel very close to you. i feel very close to you, too, daphne. you know, it's easy being someone you feel close to when you feel close to someone who's so... close. ( thunder, music playing ) dr. cranr glockenspiel has sprung to life. e, you oh, the clock! my god, it hasn't run like this in years! maris will be delighted! maris! you really love her, don't you? you know, i do. love is a funny thing, isn't it? sometimes it's exciting and passionate and sometimes it'
if we'd taken roosevelt... we'd be stuck on roosevelt. admit you made a mistake. that i . call the auto club i'm making a dash for it. you'll make better time if you take the shortcut by the side of the fountain. is it well, same to you! daphne: i suppose i just fall in love too fast. the minute i feelat spark i just give my heart away. daphne, you must stop being so hard on yourself. what you see as a fault th is also your greatest gift-- to be so open and warm and loving. you're so kind dr....
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president obama -- this is not a political time when roosevelt lived in. the labor movements are not as strong. today there was a story about the tea party move -- losing its mojo. we're seeing overreach that has led people to this tipping point moment where millions of people have said enough. the obscene inequality in this country colliding with downward mobility that people feel in their gut, they see it among their family and friends. that has led to this moment where there is the possibility of space. organizers can move into it. we could see some real change. it will not come about through just one leader. >> it helps to have a leader who is effective. >> in traveling with the book, i am reminded about what candidate obamas said when he said i am a were shocked -- rorshack. people bring to him their views of the country, their anger and pain. feel he has done what he could in a system where you have a republican party that was determined to take him down. they did not want to govern with him. my sense is that he wanted to bring a different kind of po
president obama -- this is not a political time when roosevelt lived in. the labor movements are not as strong. today there was a story about the tea party move -- losing its mojo. we're seeing overreach that has led people to this tipping point moment where millions of people have said enough. the obscene inequality in this country colliding with downward mobility that people feel in their gut, they see it among their family and friends. that has led to this moment where there is the...
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our house is directly behind block lot 29 which is back behind 167 roosevelt way. we have kept this property to use as our retirement home. i'm here to respectfully ask you to deny the permit of the vertical addition and the variance to the balconies to the east side. i'm also addressing the balconies as well the scope work will reduce our property value by reducing light into you're backyard and it has significant limitations for development and it's been oddly shaped. i appreciate every homeowner 's desire to improve their home and lifestyle and should be allowed to improve their properties. the proposed improvement will negatively affect my property. in my estimation they have failed to exploit other opportunities to expand the residential space of the property. she has ignored the concerns of neighbors and dismissed our suggestions that she has voluntarily altered with proposals to neighbors concerns are outrageous. while i'm not opposed to her improving her property for her in enjoyment, should not be to the detriment of her neighbors. thank you very much. >>
our house is directly behind block lot 29 which is back behind 167 roosevelt way. we have kept this property to use as our retirement home. i'm here to respectfully ask you to deny the permit of the vertical addition and the variance to the balconies to the east side. i'm also addressing the balconies as well the scope work will reduce our property value by reducing light into you're backyard and it has significant limitations for development and it's been oddly shaped. i appreciate every...
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. >> franklin roosevelt once described the dedication of a library as an act of faith. i dedicate this library with unshakable faith in the future of our country. it's the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the united states. whatever challenges come before us, i will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. [applause] >> sunday morning at 10:30. >>> on c-span2's booktv this weekend, twice awarded the bronze star, donovan campbell on leading a la troop of marines in iraq. and on c-span2, reconsidering the insanity trial of mary todd lincoln, part of american history tv, sunday at 4. >> we're here with photographer jim wallace, author of "courage of the moment: the civil rights struggle, 1961-1964." mr. wallace, why did you select these certain photos in your book? >> these photographs were all taken when i was in chapel hill as a student working for the student newspaper, "the daily tarheel." and the civil rights movement at that time was working towards getting a public accommodations law that eventually came apart in 1964
. >> franklin roosevelt once described the dedication of a library as an act of faith. i dedicate this library with unshakable faith in the future of our country. it's the honor of a lifetime to lead a country as brave and as noble as the united states. whatever challenges come before us, i will always believe our nation's best days lie ahead. god bless. [applause] >> sunday morning at 10:30. >>> on c-span2's booktv this weekend, twice awarded the bronze star, donovan...
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the name franklin delano roosevelt. why? we were convinced that he was a father figure, a carrier of noble ideals to galvanize generations for democracy. and let america and its might to war against evil. after the war, researching history sources to realize that even roosevelt had some shortcomings when it came to face, jews. -- to save the jews. we must say that. here we are committed to the painful truth. he was a great man. he did great things for america in the world. but when it came to saving jewish lives he could have done it earlier. my dear friends, you are worthy. he cannot not say what is inr h. ofre is a certain measure sadness. but also gratitude. what are we learning here? in france there is a building thatthis is dedicated to human rights and human dignity. it is written in stone. passerby's interest here but do -- passer-by enter here, but do not enter displays of desire. in this museum, which is a monu to n sug and courage to overcome suffering, do not enter this place with out fear. nor without hope. fear
the name franklin delano roosevelt. why? we were convinced that he was a father figure, a carrier of noble ideals to galvanize generations for democracy. and let america and its might to war against evil. after the war, researching history sources to realize that even roosevelt had some shortcomings when it came to face, jews. -- to save the jews. we must say that. here we are committed to the painful truth. he was a great man. he did great things for america in the world. but when it came to...
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and you know the famous story of eleanor roosevelt taking a. phillip randolph to meet with fdr, and he describes the condition of black people many this country to president fdr, roosevelt. he describes the condition of working people in this country, and fdr listens intelligently and then responds, i don't disagree with anything you've said, but you'll have to make me do it. and interestingly, when barack obama was running for president the first time, he was in the backyard of a new jersey home, about 100 people there to see him, and he was taking questions. and a man at the back raised his hand and said what are you going to do about the middle east? he repeated the story of a. phillip randolph and fdr and fdr saying to a. phillip randolph, make me do it. that's interesting for anyone in this country to be a responsible citizen. you have to make your demands known. but rosa parks knew just what she was doing. she was an activist. she trained at the highlander center in tennessee. king had been there. black and white together learning to most
and you know the famous story of eleanor roosevelt taking a. phillip randolph to meet with fdr, and he describes the condition of black people many this country to president fdr, roosevelt. he describes the condition of working people in this country, and fdr listens intelligently and then responds, i don't disagree with anything you've said, but you'll have to make me do it. and interestingly, when barack obama was running for president the first time, he was in the backyard of a new jersey...
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becomes a war crime the second question is how do you draw the line about war crimes when franklin roosevelt did rescue the jews in the second world war is that a war crime when obama is not intervening in syria is that a war crime i mean it's a very very much he said look when talking about the violation of international law international criminal court we're looking at law established international criminal court will will of eventually be the arbiter of these kind of issues but this is something that it is going to take some time to make clear what how how you define it ivan eland how you define it which defined. well i think you know i think we often in the united states define terrorism and war crimes and all this other stuff too to. you know alleviate our own government of some blame of course you know you know in the in the terror bombings in world war two we always kind of forget about those but nations can commit acts of terrorism and in fact of kill more people with terrorists acts against civilians than little rebel groups like even around it so i think nation states are not espec
becomes a war crime the second question is how do you draw the line about war crimes when franklin roosevelt did rescue the jews in the second world war is that a war crime when obama is not intervening in syria is that a war crime i mean it's a very very much he said look when talking about the violation of international law international criminal court we're looking at law established international criminal court will will of eventually be the arbiter of these kind of issues but this is...
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roosevelt won over victories but the one thing he did with it african-american vote changed in 1932 and increased in 1936 when truman endorsed the civil rights in 1948. the pope becomes overwhelmingly african-americans voting for truman and the integrated the armed services. you get to 1964 civil rights act that 90% of the people african-americans voting for lbj and the southern strategy by most reports is after that so it solidified but it didn't cause the change. people who write that are factually wrong but they do it simply for partisan purposes because the republicans not allowed to be part of that debate and talk about a? it had a a lot to do it then everyone has an opinion on a lot of things but it had a lot to do with economic the lack of economic emancipation of african-americans. they wanted more and they didn't feel like they were getting it from the republicans. >> in terms of doing more for the republicans. >> i plan on doing more and i've done one already at simmons college. we will continue to do that but anybody who thinks it's going to be easy and then i'll the sudden,
roosevelt won over victories but the one thing he did with it african-american vote changed in 1932 and increased in 1936 when truman endorsed the civil rights in 1948. the pope becomes overwhelmingly african-americans voting for truman and the integrated the armed services. you get to 1964 civil rights act that 90% of the people african-americans voting for lbj and the southern strategy by most reports is after that so it solidified but it didn't cause the change. people who write that are...